Road-making machine



Apfa 22, 19254.

K H. FUNK ROAD MAKING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Shee 1 Filed Sent. l, 1922 ATTQRN EY WITNESS:

April 22, 1924. wenn K. H. FUNK ROAD MAKING MACHINE Filed Sent. l 1922 5 Sheets-Shee 2 M ,M ma.

WITNESS K. H. FUNK ROAD MAKING MACHINE Filed sent. 1

1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Apr. 22,

KENNETH H. FUNK, OF ELLSVORTH, KANSAS neen-nannte MACHINE.

Application filed September 1,1922. Serial No. 585,574.

i all feo/imal t 'amy concern.' Y 'p lie it known that KENNETH H. FUNK,

a citizen of the'United States, residing at Ellsworth, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Road-Making Machines, of which the following is a specilication. p

This invention relates to a road working lo machine, the general object of the invention being to provide means for providing a great range of adjustability forV the parts and to so form the supporting fraineand its wheel carrying parts that all side draft can be overcome.

Another object of the invention isto so arrange the blaues that there is no danger of the dirt piling up and stalling the inachine as the dirt will readily slide off the blades and be properly distributed by said blades.

rlhis invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and speciiically pointed out in the appended claim. i

ln describing m f* invention in detail, ref.- erence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sine view.

Figure 3 is a rear view.

Figures 4 and 5 are sectional det-ail views of the hub of the circular frame and itsl as sociated parts.

Figure 6 is a det-.ril view partly in section showing the means for connecting the caster wheels with the circular frame.

Figures 7 and S are detail views showing the means for connecting the blades with their supports.

1n these views 1 indicates the main beam of the machine which is preferably constructed of a pair of channel members 2 which are spaced apart by blocks 3, the parts being suitably connected together. This beam is connected at its rear end by the frame 4 with the rear axle 5, said frame being pivotally secured to the rear end by the bolt 6. A lever 7 is connected'with the frame so that the frame and axle can be rocked about the bolt 6 in order to over- Cil ator.

come' side draft. The lever 7 is provided with the usual quadrant and pawlV 8; The frontend of the beam is connected with the frame-9 which supports the front axle Y10. 11 indicates the front and rear wheels. A circular frame 12has its hub 13 pivotally secured to the central block of the beam by the bolt 1K4 so that the frame 12 can be partly rotated. on the beam. Caster wheels 15 are connected with the sides ofV the'frame 12 and the frame 12' is held in adjusted position by -means of pins 16 passing through 'bracket 17 on the beam and engaging any one of Va number of holes 18 in the frame 12. Across bar 19 is connectedV withthe `under partof the frame 12 by the uprights 20-and a chain or cable 21 has its ends connected with the cross piece, Vadjacent the end thereof, and this chain or cable enffages a drum 22 on the post 23 of the hand wheel 24 which is arranged at the front of the beainjf Thus by rocking the post Y23 by the handwheel 24 the chain 21 can be causedV to move the frame 12 through the bar V19. The Vblades are shown at 22, said blades being connected with the uprights 23 by the ball and socket connections 24 and the forked ends of these uprights are engaged by the levers 25which are pivoted to the channel member 26 which is supported on the frame12. These levers 25 are provided with the usual quadrants v and pawls 27. Thus by operating the levers 25 the blades can be raised and lowered. The bladesare also connected by the bars 28 with the cross bar 19, the two outside bars Y 28 having adjustable links 29 to change the lap of mold board or blade when shifting angle of blade to opposite side. The blades or mold boards are preferably formed in two sections, the central one being longer than the end one.

A platform 3() is provided for the oper- From the above it will be seen that the angle of the blades can be adjusted by mo-ving the `frame 12 through the hand wheel 24 f .and the parts associated therewith.` They can also be adjusted vertically by'means of the levers 25. By moving the rear axle and its wheels by the lever 7, side draft of the machine is prevented and these parts also act to facilitate steering of the machine.

The beam 1 provides a long wheel base and this is necessary to secure the great slant ofthe blades which is made possible by the large circular `frame l2. By placing the blades at a considerable slant the dirt With Weeds and the like mixed therein Will readily slide oli" the blades and be deposited on the road so that there are no piles of dirtto be removed after the machine has passed over the road. rihis long Wheel base also permits the rear Wheels to be adjust ed so that they act as a rudder to over come all side draft. By the peculiar construction of this machine it Will pass over ruts and holes Without being affected thereby due tol the circular frame being supported by the caster Wheels and the long Wheel base.

lt is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention y'ill be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement ot the several parts, provided that such lchanges fall Within the scope ot the appended claim.

That I claim is 1n a road scraping machine, a longitudi nal beam, Wheels suaporting the beam., a

circular trame rotatably supported on the beam to rotate about a vertical axis, and provided with a series of alined openings, an element insertible through any pair of the openings in the rim ot the frame to hold the beam against rotation, a pair of parallel beams extending across the vframe and one or" which being rigidly attached to the upper face of the frame, and the other being rigidly attached to the under 'face of the frame, a road scraping blade arranged beneath the Jframe and extending parallel to the beams, a plurality of arms operatively connecting the scraper blade and that beam connected with the undertace oit the frame, manually operable means connected with the last mentioned beam 'for rotating the frame, a platform carried by that beam supported upon the upper face of the trame, and a plurality of hand levers ca ried by the lplatform and operatiif'ely connected with the scraper blade.

In testimony whereof l adir ture.

my signa- KENNETH n. FUNK. 

